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  • 9 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: The value of the Kenya shilling to the dollar or against major currencies has consistently depleted. We are not looking at a better state. Instead of looking back and asking what investments we are making towards agriculture, which is the bedrock sector of this economy, we are interested in other things. It is on a downward spiral. If our exports are not growing or matching, then you are looking at this debt portfolio becoming quite a problem for this nation. I, indeed, implore this House to be able to refer back this particular Report on Sessional Paper No. 14 to ... view
  • 9 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: In looking at our Vision 2030 and its track this far, we need to be focusing more into engaging our youths, which number over 12 million. We cannot be heralding in a situation where we want to create dead stocks even in the position of Uwezo Fund and all these other initiatives. We need to think about where our demand is coming from. If we consistently put pressure on businesspeople by telling them that we are going to increase the Value Added Tax (VAT) or taxation because that is the only way we are going to raise money for this ... view
  • 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. view
  • 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am rising on a point of order to state that the Motion No.12, as listed, is inconsistent with Sessional Paper No.14 where it reads “we are to approve” at the bottom. It notes the Sessional Paper No. 14 of 2014 on the increase of the Government of Kenya’s external borrowing ceiling laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 18th November, 2014. It reads “Pursuant to the provisions of Section 50(2) of the Public Finance Management Act, 2012, approves the increase of total indebtedness by the National Government, for the time being outstanding in respect of ... view
  • 27 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. From the outset, as we are noting the President’s Address, I want to extend condolences to the 149 Kenyans who have lost their lives in the many incidences that have occurred. It is high time we proactively echoed His Excellency the President’s words, in saying that this is a broad- based problem which needs a multiple approach. Part of it is the human capital engagement, which is the 12 million youth in Kenya that are currently looking for The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of ... view
  • 27 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: opportunity to be engaged and provide an able base to this nation as we steer towards the Vision 2030. view
  • 27 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: One of these approaches could be that the programme which has been ably initiated, which is NYS programmes becomes a base to feeding county employees. These are people who will have a national approach and will be skilled towards security matters. This will have to be a programme that is pushed by this House. The second approach is to remove the pressure from the Internal Security docket and ensure that all Ministries and Government agencies have a certain percentage; even if it is 10 or 15 per cent of the Budgets that we pass in this House. That way, we ... view
  • 27 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: So, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, once again - I see my time is up - I thank you for this opportunity and pray in earnest for this nation. view
  • 7 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Finance Bill. From the outset, I want to support it. Indeed, it has been one of the Bills which I have been waiting for a pretty long time; especially knowing that we have a constitutional timeline to deliver it. From the outset, I want to recognize that the greatest resource in our country is human capital. In so doing, we should be moving towards a level where we promote its well-being and nurture it so that, indeed, it can be our biggest contributor to this ... view
  • 7 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: contribution towards our incomes was mostly through consumption tax. Therefore, this should be a challenge to the Committee to look whether we are going to move towards income-related, or do we move completely towards our policies encouraging consumption. But be that as it may, we should not have issues of corruption. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I will give a case in point in the Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) sector. In the ICT sector, the revenue authority collects revenue accruing to sales of scratch cards upfront. You have already quantified down the value chain on how much incomes you are ... view

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